If they were serious about enforcing their "meter," they would come up with something better than obviously named cookies. LA Times, for instance--you can delete all the cookies named LATxxxx and you still won't get in.

doesn't matter what the consequences are or aren't. If you are stealing content that you're supposed to be paying for then you are a thief and cheap. Is it a huge deal? No, but neither is paying for the content you want in my opinion.

Edit: their mobile site also limits views per month. I just got a pop up at the site saying I had only five more free views. Looks like they add views from both their regular site and the mobile one together. Oh well, the month is nearly over.